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Designing, implementing, evaluating and scaling up parenting interventions: a handbook for decision-makers and implementers
- World Health Organisation
This handbook provides comprehensive advice for policy-makers, practitioners, and stakeholders involved in the development, implementation, and monitoring of evidence- based parenting interventions. It offers a practical, step-by-step approach to selecting, designing, evaluating, implementing, monitoring, and scaling up parenting interventions in different contexts, and by referencing relevant research and offering templates and other resources to support implementation, it acts as a bridge between the evidence for parenting interventions, and practice.
Grey LiteratureAdvocacyGeneralParentingScale upGlobalEnglishParents and caregivers
UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Regional Office: Parenting Support Framework for the Early Years
- UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Regional Office
The growing recognition of the importance of parenting for early childhood development has led to a rising demand for country efforts to be guided by a unified conceptual framework and a systemic vision that will ensure universal access to quality parenting support. This conceptual framework on parenting support seeks to unite different parenting support concepts across sectors and stakeholders to strengthen parenting support in the Europe and Central Asia region.
Grey LiteratureAdvocacyFamily-friendly policiesGeneralParenting programmesScale upAsiaEuropeEnglishEarly ChildhoodPolicy / Advocacy
Caregiving in Adversity
- International Rescue Committee
This new framework aims to establish a clear and common understanding of caregiving in humanitarian crises and provide programmatic, advocacy, and research directions to improve caregiver and child well-being and ultimately increase the protection of children. It builds on the growing commitment and momentum of the humanitarian sector to promote positive parenting,and highlights caregiver support as a necessary corollary to child protection.
AdvocacyGrey LiteratureHumanitarianGlobalArabicEnglishFrenchSpanishAcross childhoodParents and caregiversAdvocacyEducatorsFront line workerNonprofit organizations (NGOs)Other individuals and institutionsSocial activistsTechnical guidance
Using Implementation Research to Inform Scaling of Parenting Programs: Independently Conducted Case Studies from Zambia and Bhutan
- Aboud, F., Choden, K., Hapunda, G., Sichimba, F., Chaluda, A., Gomez, R. C., ... & Omoeva, C
Two case studies of parenting programs for parents of children 0 to 36 months of age, developed and implemented by Save the Children/Ministry of Health/Khesar Gyalpo University in Bhutan and UNICEF Zambia, were conducted by an independent research group. The focus was on how program delivery and scale-up were revised on the basis of feedback from implementation research.
Published book or selected chaptersParenting programmesScale upAfricaAsiaEnglishParents and caregiversCommunity centerHealth care workersHome
Responsive Care and Early Learning (RCEL) videos: Universal Baby Cues
- USAID
"The content of the RCEL Addendum package focuses on promoting responsive care, responsive feeding, and early learning; monitoring children’s development; promoting and supporting caregiver well-being; and supporting children with feeding difficulties. The package is designed to support community-level counselors and health providers as they provide individual counseling and/or group sessions that encourage these high-priority caregiving behaviors for improved ECD outcomes. The RCEL Addendum is a global package that gives programs the flexibility to adapt the materials to different country contexts and audiences by adjusting the content and delivery modalities. It can be added or integrated into existing child health, nutrition, or infant and young child feeding (IYCF) counseling packages, including UNICEF’s Community Infant and Young Child Feeding (C-IYCF) Counselling Package, which is the model for the RCEL Addendum."
Toolkit/ManualNutritionParenting programmesGlobalEnglishParents and caregiversCommunity centerHealth care workersHome
Responsive Care and Early Learning (RCEL) videos: Counseling Caregivers at a Clinic Visit: A 5-Step Approach
- USAID
The content of the RCEL Addendum package focuses on promoting responsive care, responsive feeding, and early learning; monitoring children’s development; promoting and supporting caregiver well-being; and supporting children with feeding difficulties. The package is designed to support community-level counselors and health providers as they provide individual counseling and/or group sessions that encourage these high-priority caregiving behaviors for improved ECD outcomes. The RCEL Addendum is a global package that gives programs the flexibility to adapt the materials to different country contexts and audiences by adjusting the content and delivery modalities. It can be added or integrated into existing child health, nutrition, or infant and young child feeding (IYCF) counseling packages, including UNICEF’s Community Infant and Young Child Feeding (C-IYCF) Counselling Package, which is the model for the RCEL Addendum.
Toolkit/ManualNutritionParenting programmesGlobalEnglishParents and caregiversCommunity centerHealth care workersHome
Responsive Care and Early Learning (RCEL) videos: How to observe Caregiver – Child interactions Ghana
- USAID Advancing Nutrition
The content of the RCEL Addendum package focuses on promoting responsive care, responsive feeding, and early learning; monitoring children’s development; promoting and supporting caregiver well-being; and supporting children with feeding difficulties. The package is designed to support community-level counselors and health providers as they provide individual counseling and/or group sessions that encourage these high-priority caregiving behaviors for improved ECD outcomes. The RCEL Addendum is a global package that gives programs the flexibility to adapt the materials to different country contexts and audiences by adjusting the content and delivery modalities. It can be added or integrated into existing child health, nutrition, or infant and young child feeding (IYCF) counseling packages, including UNICEF’s Community Infant and Young Child Feeding (C-IYCF) Counselling Package, which is the model for the RCEL Addendum.
Toolkit/ManualNutritionParenting programmesGlobalEnglishParents and caregiversCommunity centerHealth care workersHome
Responsive Care and Early Learning (RCEL) videos: Caregiver – Child interactions Ghana
- USAID Advancing Nutrition
The content of the RCEL Addendum package focuses on promoting responsive care, responsive feeding, and early learning; monitoring children’s development; promoting and supporting caregiver well-being; and supporting children with feeding difficulties. The package is designed to support community-level counselors and health providers as they provide individual counseling and/or group sessions that encourage these high-priority caregiving behaviors for improved ECD outcomes. The RCEL Addendum is a global package that gives programs the flexibility to adapt the materials to different country contexts and audiences by adjusting the content and delivery modalities. It can be added or integrated into existing child health, nutrition, or infant and young child feeding (IYCF) counseling packages, including UNICEF’s Community Infant and Young Child Feeding (C-IYCF) Counselling Package, which is the model for the RCEL Addendum.
Toolkit/ManualNutritionParenting programmesGlobalEnglishParents and caregiversCommunity centerHealth care workersHome
Responsive Care and Early Learning (RCEL) Addendum package – Counselling Cards
- USAID Advancing Nutrition
"The content of the RCEL Addendum package focuses on promoting responsive care, responsive feeding, and early learning; monitoring children’s development; promoting and supporting caregiver well-being; and supporting children with feeding difficulties. The package is designed to support community-level counselors and health providers as they provide individual counseling and/or group sessions that encourage these high-priority caregiving behaviors for improved ECD outcomes. The RCEL Addendum is a global package that gives programs the flexibility to adapt the materials to different country contexts and audiences by adjusting the content and delivery modalities. It can be added or integrated into existing child health, nutrition, or infant and young child feeding (IYCF) counseling packages, including UNICEF’s Community Infant and Young Child Feeding (C-IYCF) Counselling Package, which is the model for the RCEL Addendum."
Toolkit/ManualNutritionParenting programmesGlobalArabicEnglishFrenchRussianSpanishParents and caregiversCommunity centerHealth care workersHome
Responsive Care and Early Learning (RCEL) Addendum package – Training Package: Participant Handout
- USAID Advancing Nutrition
"The content of the RCEL Addendum package focuses on promoting responsive care, responsive feeding, and early learning; monitoring children’s development; promoting and supporting caregiver well-being; and supporting children with feeding difficulties. The package is designed to support community-level counselors and health providers as they provide individual counseling and/or group sessions that encourage these high-priority caregiving behaviors for improved ECD outcomes. The RCEL Addendum is a global package that gives programs the flexibility to adapt the materials to different country contexts and audiences by adjusting the content and delivery modalities. It can be added or integrated into existing child health, nutrition, or infant and young child feeding (IYCF) counseling packages, including UNICEF’s Community Infant and Young Child Feeding (C-IYCF) Counselling Package, which is the model for the RCEL Addendum."
Toolkit/ManualNutritionParenting programmesGlobalArabicEnglishFrenchRussianSpanishParents and caregiversCommunity centerHealth care workersHome